StephenHawkingwasborninOxfordEnglandon8thJanuary1942.HewenttoschoolinStAllbansasmallcitynearLondon.Althoughhedidwellhewasnevertopofhisclass.AfterleavingschoolHawkingwentfirsttoOxfordUniversit
StephenHawkingwasborninOxfordEnglandon8thJanuary1942.HewenttoschoolinStAllbansasmallcitynearLondon.Althoughhedidwellhewasnevertopofhisclass.
AfterleavingschoolHawkingwentfirsttoOxfordUniversitywherehestudiedphysicsandthenwenttoCambridgeUniversitywherehestudiedcosmology.Ashehimselfadmitshedidn'tworkhard.Hewasaverylazystudentanddidverylittlework.However.hestillgotmarks.
Itwasattheageof20thatHawkingfirstnoticedsomethingwaswrongwithhim.Hestartedtobumpintothings.WhenhevisitedhisfamilyatChristmastimehismotherwassoworriedthatshemadehimseeadoctor.Hawkingwassenttohospitalfortests.Finallytheresultcameback.Hawkinghadmotorneurondiseaseanincurableillnesswhichwouldmakehimunabletospeakbreatheormovewithoutthehelpofamachine.Doctorssaidtheyhadnowaytohelphim.Hewoulddiebefore23.
AtfirstHawkingbecameverydepressed.Afterawhilethoughhebegantoseehislifeinadifferentway.Ashelaterwrote"Beforemyillnesswasdiagnosed(诊断)Ihadbeenveryboredwithlife.Therehadnotseemedtobeanythingworthdoing.ButshortlyafterIcameoutofhospital.IsuddenlyrealizedthattherewerealotofworthwhilethingsIcoulddo."HawkingmarriedfoundajobatCambridgeUniversityasaprofessor.Hestronglybelievesthathisstoryshowsthatnobodyhowbadtheirsituationis.shouldlosehope."Lifeisnotfair."Heoncesaid."Youjusthavetodothebestyoucaninyourownsituation."
1.AsauniversitystudentStephenHawking_______.
A.workedhard
B.studiedmathandphysics
C.wasthebeststudentinhisclass
D.waslazyanddidverylittlework
2.Hawkingfirstnoticedsomethingwaswrongwithhimwhen_______.
A.hewassenttohospitalfortest
B.hismothermadehimseeadoctor
C.hewastwenty
D.hevisitedhisfamilyatChristmastimeoneyear
3.Inthepassagetheword"incurable"means_______.
A.无法治愈的B.难以确诊的
C.常见的D.可以治愈的
4.WhenHawkingwasfirstdiagnosedwithmotorneurondiseasehe_______.
A.madeuphismindtogetmarried
B.begantoseehislifeinadifferentway
C.thoughtthatnothin
